Category: of the heart

05/11/2019

Hindi naman kailangan na matalinghaga
Di naman inaasahang puro lang hiwaga
Ngunit tila ba nilalaro lang ni Bathala
Pinagtagpo ngunit di itinadhana

it doesn’t have to be all poetic
not all too magical, not all too mystic
but as if by God we’ve been divinely played
destined to meet but not fated to stay

Bakit kung kailan hindi ko na akala
Kailang pag-ibig man ay tila ba banyaga
Dinig mo ba’ng bulong ng mga makatang
Pinagtagpo ngunit di itinadhana

and just when I thought to me it’s never dawning
when love seemed nothing but a foreign thing
do you hear the silent rhymes these poets say
destined to meet but not fated to stay

Paalam nalang…

fare well-

—author’s note—
…in case you’re wondering, the original piece (left-aligned text) is written in Tagalog.

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04/07/2019

She wrote love letters
on tiny sticky notes
Told tales of “forever”
in stupid corny jokes

Sang songs of fury
with laughter and giggles
Hid pages of her diary
between spaces of her riddles

…and he calls her “Mary”

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05/02/2019

❝I love you. I just couldn’t let you know…❞

I’d write you a letter
I’d sing you a song
Maybe pick you some flowers
or make you a poem

I’d make Spring blossom
through your deserts of ice
and make hues of autumn
linger in your eyes…

If only I could show you
even I don’t understand
why I couldn’t seem to muster
even shaking your hand

❝ Hi, I’m…
yours❞

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04/25/2019

Help me help you
Let me let you go
I never wanna lose you
But you will never know

I will fix myself
so break my heart for me
Keep it in a shelf
along with our memories

And once you face away
Please never turn back
For I would really hate it
If you see my spirit crack

But please don’t worry much for me
For I will get by
I’ll face this bitter misery
As I wave you sweet goodbye

Fare well.

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04/21/2019

Flashback on a midsummer day
Underneath a big old tree
Some silly promise was made
In a blissful memory

Fade in on a little girl
Pretty in her summer dress
Floral crowns adorn her curls
Ah, what a lovely mess

And with her a little boy
Atop a grassy hill
Anxiously mumbling envois;
A nervous Jack and her blissful Jill

Their smiles and their happy fantasies
Played a lovely duet
In a simply enchanting melody
One they will never forget

With flower rings they vowed forever
Knotting red strings in tiny hearts
“I promise you my ever after
until death do us part”

Fade up on the skies 2 decades ahead
His sweet warmth now slumbered
The music starts playing in her head
And with tears she stood in somber

“You promised me an ever after
and now death has done its part
But I’ll keep this flower ring forever
and our memories deep in my heart”

“I will remember you.”

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04/15/2019

Spring used to smell like
lemon juice and lavenders
Summer used to sound like
wind chimes and hummingbirds

Autumn used to feel like
your gentle, warm embrace
and winter used to taste like
vanilla ice cream cake

then time stopped flowing
now stuck at 3:15;
right when you stopped breathing
and I started this routine

Wake, wallow, wear…
I’d wilt into oblivion
fading in despair
awaiting our reunion

Please…anyone…save me

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04/03/2019

Hey there, old friend,
ever the ponderer.
I’ve read your letter;
it is I, your stranger.

I’d say I’m faring
quite fairly well.
And I am, though slowly,
coming out my shell.

It’s still quite chilly
and dark out here.
But dawn is breaking
and spring is near.

Soon I’ll be shedding
these frosty blankets;
and bloom a little
while I get at it.

I’ll cloak my petals
with scarlet dew.
My leaves I’ll paint them
with emerald hues.

I’ll bask in splatters
of golden shavings
and lay in caverns
of frost engravings

I’ll wait for springtime
in blissful tunes
Bathe in warm rays
of summer moons

I hope to see you
before autumn’s over
For winter comes
to mark my slumber

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04/02/2019

Was it any fun?
Was it all amusing?
Was it any good
delighting at your cunning?

I thought I found my haven
in this virtual space
But wow, you really got me
right straight in my face

I know I am at fault here,
I know I am to blame
For entrusting my own stupid heart
to those with phony names

But now it’s all collapsing,
I’m back at where I’ve been
An April fool who’s wearing
a gentle human’s skin

Ah, what f*ckery…

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03/25/2019

I’m scared…

of the things I might feel,
of getting addicted to
the glances that I steal,

of wanting to stay
wrapped in your arms
cozied by your warm rays,

of getting hooked
to the sound of your breathing
and your eyes when you look

at me- oh I am naked- bared
in front of you my walls turn jelly
there isn’t a brick you spare

your cold whispers
rekindle this flame inside me
this one mess of a dying ember

and I am scared… of you
and all the things you make me
feel- and all that you do

to me- to my soul in slumber
content with the right regrets
in peace with all surrender

you… are my worst nightmare,
the embodiment of my fears
dressed as my sweetest dream ever

I am scared.
you’re terrifying…
hauntingly beautiful

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